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It all started with a courtroom. Not one I sat in, but one I watched day after day, with my eyes glued to the television. The Casey Anthony trial was unfolding in my home state of Florida. The story horrified me, but more than that, it made me start asking questions. Why didn’t the system work the way it was supposed to? Why did some voices carry more weight than others in court? And what would it take to make sure trials like that were based on truth, fairness, and real acco

AG Andrea Joy Campbell – 2025 There are a few moments in your life that make you feel like you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. For me, one of those moments happened this fall at the Massachusetts Paralegal Association dinner. When I first stepped into the 50th anniversary celebration of the Massachusetts Paralegal Association in Boston, I felt a strong sense of gratitude. I was so honored and excited to have the opportunity to network with so many highly esteemed lega

Kelsey Fitzsimmons, 28, was shot during a confrontation with her fellow officers.  (North Andover Police Department) Kelsey Fitzsimmons’s story is heartbreaking, but it shouldn't be surprising. As a 28-year-old North Andover, Massachusetts police officer and new mother, she was exposed to unimaginable trauma. According to reports, Kelsey developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after responding to a murder-suicide involving a mother and new baby while pregnant. Yet whe

Morphew Family via AP: Suzanne Morphew and her husband Barry Morphew are pictured in an undated family handout photo. On the morning of Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020, a Colorado mother vanished. In the following months and years, the case of Suzanne Morphew fractured reputations, exposed prosecutorial missteps, and laid bare the fault-lines of accountability in American justice. But its significance goes beyond any single crime. To me, it became a locus for studying how evidence

Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty ; Boston Police Department The American legal system is predicated on a simple yet powerful promise: that justice, even when delayed, must never be denied. But in the saga of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, this promise is rapidly becoming a rhetorical relic. What we are witnessing instead is a harrowing portrait of prosecutorial tunnel vision, forensic neglige

Justice is not just a principle. It is a promise. A promise that no matter where you were born, what your last name is, or how much money sits in your bank account, the law will weigh you fairly and hold all parties accountable to the truth. That promise, however, is too often broken. My name is Caroline, and this blog is the product of a life-long pursuit of justice, a calling rooted in heartbreak, curiosity, and an unshakable desire to make the system better. I was a child